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My very first Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first Cross Canada Blog Hop of 2013, it is also my very first time participating in a blog hop and I am very excited to be joining in on the fun.
Our January Hop is featuring a “Consultants Choice”, so each consultant
has a unique project to share with you. I hope that you will take the
time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our
viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new
technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by
leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to
see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a
circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please
start at the beginning and join Michelle at
mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca. If you came from Nancy's blogat nancyklein.blogspot.com then
you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to showcase a 2-page layout that we did last September at Close To My Heart's Regional Convention in Edmonton. I am known (ahem) for being a bit of a slow poke when it comes to putting those finishing touches (like pictures) onto layouts and getting them done!

But the real reason I wanted to show this layout is the paper! It is
from the Clementine Paper Packet and like most people at first glance I
thought "pretty, girl paper" but like many of the "girly papers" it
actually can be very "boy" as well. As you can see by using Champagne and Cashmere cardstock with Saddle and Sorbet inks on top of the
Twilight B&T, it really did become a great boy layout. I love how my son's inside out and backwards green shirt really pops off the pages!

Close To My Hearts Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book and Catalog is just a few weeks away and in addition to the seven! new paper packets for us to play with I am very happy that Clementine along with Avonlea, Dakota and Scholastic are going to continue to be available!

I am the very last "stop" on this hop across Canada but if you are still completing the circle your next stop is back at the beginning in Nova Scotia with "Michelle" of " My Creations with Michelle ".

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire
you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen
along the way. Join us again in February when we will be featuring new
products from the 2013 Spring/Summer Idea Book.

Whew! November was a blur of Christmas Card Workshops, Home Parties, and a Card Buffet! I'm a little tired but do have plans for a few card buffets and other crafty fun this month. A couple of cards that I created for the recent card buffet turned out super cute and use a mix of old and new product! Love when I can do that.

This "stag" card features the awesome green buffalo plaid paper from the current Beary Christmas Paper Packet and the stag is from Cricut Artistry but the rest is retired CTMH products from my stash! The stamp is from last year and is called D1694 Very Merry Holiday if you are able to find one for sale online grab it! You will not be disappointed the whole stamp set is awesome and I will be using mine for years to come. As mentioned the stag is from Cricut Artistry and I cut it out in white daisy cardstock and chocolate cardstock (retired) and the leaves are from Cricut Flower Market in Fern.
The design for this card comes from the Close to My …

Hello, my friends! My apologies for being a little MIA the past several weeks but when you have too much going on something always falls through the cracks! BUT school is back in which means way more crafting time for me!

This weeks sketch from Atlantic Hearts is up and I decided to play with a little more of the Jack Paper Collection, it recently retired and that is a real shame because I love these papers! I am working on my annual Christmas Card workshops and decided to have a little fun with the bearded man papers... I give you "Warm Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses".
Sometimes going a little outside the box can be so much fun and I really hope my workshop attendees love this card as much as I do. To create the card I used Slate Cardstock for my base and added the " Bearded Men in Hats". To add a bit more whimsy the mustache border is from Cricut Artistry and the branches for my mistletoe is from Cricut Flower Market cut out in New England Ivy and Fern cardstocks…